Implementation of the TIR Convention, 1975: challenges and opportunities
This workshop has a series of objectives, inspired by the history of the TIR system but also from the opportunities that exist for the future. These objectives could be summarized as follows:
- Assist newcomers to the system (new contracting parties) to better understand the services and potentials of the TIR system, in order to be able to use the full potential that the system brings, leading to really facilitated border crossing procedures in their regions.
- Make the countries that have not yet acceded to the TIR Convention aware of the benefits and multiple advantages that the TIR system brings for both customs authorities and the private sector, further promoting and working on their accession to the TIR Convention in the near future.
- Share experience and knowledge with the contracting parties that are using the TIR system in full and that are taking advantage of all its benefits for border crossing facilitation.
- Share experience and knowledge with those contracting parties that are mainly using another system for their border crossing operations, such as the countries of the European Union, on how to further improve cooperation among the systems and what the TIR system can learn from their regional integration efforts.
- Exchange views about the future of the TIR system, ensuring that it is continuously adapted to new transport and border crossing requirements, challenges and business requests, making it ready to serve customs authorities and the private sector for the years to come.
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Program of the Workshop |
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Opening remarks |
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10:00-10:30 |
Mrs. Vibeke Raun BOEG, Chair of Working Party on Customs Questions Affecting Transport |
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Mr. Yuwei LI, Director, Sustainable Transport Division |
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Experience of countries already using the TIR System This session will invite all the current users of the TIR system to present their experiences and good practices when implementing the TIR system, sharing their knowledge and case studies, cases where obstacles have been identified, and solutions provided. In addition, we will listen to the challenges that new contracting parties to the TIR Convention are facing when implementing the convention in their countries. |
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10:30-11:30 |
Mr. Elyor KHAKIMOV, Head of Division of the State customs committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
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Mr. Anıl ŞENMANAV, Trade Expert, Directorate General of Customs Ministry of Trade, Türkiye |
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Mr. Mostafa AYATI, Head of TIR for International affairs, Customs Administration, Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
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Coffee Break (11:30 – 11:45) |
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11:45-12:15 |
Ms. Megha BANSAL, Officer on Special Duty (Land Customs), Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), India |
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Mr. Mutlaq M. ALOTAIBI, Transit & Transhipment Director, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), Saudi Arabia |
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Experience of private sector The main objective of this session is to listen to the challenges that national road transport associations are facing while implementing the convention in their countries. Private sector is invited to present their experiences and good practices when implementing the TIR system, sharing their knowledge and case studies, cases where obstacles have been identified, and solutions provided. This session will be dedicated to operational issues that are faced by the users in their daily use of the system. |
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12:15-13:00 15:00-15:40 |
Mr. Kutay ALIMCI, National TIR issuing and guaranteeing association of Türkiye - TOBB |
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Mr. Bekmyrat EYEBERDIYEV, Chairman, Turkmen Association of International Road Carriers (THADA) |
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Mr. Bakhtiyar BABAYAROV, Head - TIR Department, Association of International Road Carriers of Uzbekistan (AIRCUZ) |
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Mr. Mihai BASARAB, International Association of Road Hauliers of Moldova (AITA) |
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Lunch Break (13:00 – 15:00) |
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Experiences from other geographical regions The TIR secretariat and IRU are taking considerable actions in order to promote accession to the TIR Convention by countries that have not done so yet, especially in new geographical regions such as the Sub-Saharan region and Latin America. Countries from those regions as well as regional organizations will be invited to present the operational challenges that they are facing in the field of border crossing operations, present current solutions and case studies and listen from the TIR users how the system could assist them to improve or even eliminate those obstacles and operational issues. |
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Latin America |
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15:40-16:00 |
Sr. Edison INTROVINI, Tax Auditor of Secretariat of Federal Revenue of Brazil, General Coordination of Customs Administration, Secretariat of Federal Revenue of Brazil |
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Coffee Break (16:00 – 16:20) |
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Africa |
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16:20-18:00 |
Mr. Mamoudou Bocar SALL, Assistant Director General, Islamic Centre for Development and Trade, Casablanca, Morocco |
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Mrs Frida YOUSSEF, Chief, Transport Section, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD |
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Mr. Ali OMRANI, Colonel, Directorate General of customs of Tunisia |
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M. Oumar Sidi DIEYE, Directeur National de la Facilitation et du Partenariat, Direction Générale des Douanes du Niger |
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Conclusions – Recommendations |
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